Spring should be here soon, so pay attention to the weather if you have a lawn service that applies broadleaf herbicides. If you have mature trees (especially oaks) and the weather this spring starts ...
I have recently received reports from gardeners via telephone calls and e-mail that boxwood, nandina, and even some holly leaves are looking brown. Of course everyone wants to know what has happened ...
With September and early October being key times to control perennial, broadleaf weeds like dandelion and ground ivy, it’s also time to remind people to be careful using herbicides near trees and ...
Plants that drop all their leaves at one time and enter a leafless, dormant state are called deciduous. In climates that experience cold winters, the leafless period for trees and shrubs is during the ...
Q I have a large collection of bonsai trees that all require some degree of winterization: Evergreen conifers and cold-hardy deciduous broadleaf trees (oaks, maples, hackberry) get mulched-in outdoors ...
This is a maple tree that still has a few dead leaves on it during winter. - Marcia Straub/Getty Images The sound of the wind gently whispering through tree leaves during the winter might make you ...
Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. Leaf shapes play an important role in tree identification, providing key ...
Six months post Hurricane Helene, new leaves are breaking dormancy. Our skyline resembles a Crayola box again. With appreciation for remaining trees in neighborhoods, one may wonder which tree species ...
I have recently received reports from gardeners via telephone calls and e-mail that boxwood, nandina, and even some holly leaves are looking brown. Of course everyone wants to know what has happened ...